Europe and Central Asia

Norway – Norwegian Ornithological Society (NOF)

BirdLife Partner

Founded in 1957
Members: 8778
Staff: 10
Sandgata, Trondheim, NO, 7012
Tel. +47 7384 1640; Fax +47 7384 1641
nof@birdlife.no
www.birdlife.no
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Mission of the organisation

To protect nature, and especially fauna relating to birds, and to constitute a link between people interested in birds in Norway.

Key Activities

  • Protection of bird habitats
  • Running conservation-related projects on several threatened and near-threatened birds species both within Norway and abroad
  • Public information on the significance of protecting birds
  • Publishing membership magazines

 

News

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9 Aug 2018

Spain’s mission to save the White-headed Duck

In the 1970s, the Spanish population of White-headed duck was brought to the verge of extinction. Its stunning recovery shows why Species Action Plans are essential for the survival of threatened species.
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Europe and Central AsiaSpain
11 Jun 2018

Turtles at mercy in European waters

Entanglement in fisheries is killing hundreds of thousands of marine turtles around the globe each year.
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Europe and Central Asia
28 Jun 2018

Don't bank on it! Sweden gets credit it may not deserve

In December 2016, the Swedish government proudly proposed four new marine protected are
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Europe and Central AsiaSweden
25 Sep 2018

In search of the Giant Noctule – Europe’s biggest bat

This summer, experts from APB-Birdlife Belarus set out on their fourth annual fact-finding expedition to the remote marshes of Paliessie in search of a rare bat species, the Giant Noctule.
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Europe and Central AsiaBelarus
12 Nov 2018

Shipment of illegally killed birds discovered in Slovenia

Our Slovenian partner DOPPS reports on the alarming discovery of a huge shipment of illegally killed birds discovered in Slovenia en route to Italy last month. Significant numbers of Red-thorated pipit, White wagtail...
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Europe and Central AsiaItalyRomaniaSlovenia
7 Aug 2018

The Black-tailed Godwit rebounds in Sweden

After ten years of conservation efforts, one of Sweden’s rarest breeding bird species, the Black-tailed Godwit, is making a stunning recovery.
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Europe and Central AsiaSweden
18 May 2018

BirdLife wins big at Natura 2000 Awards 2018

Five BirdLife partners scooped up awards for project work to protect Europe’s precious natural heritage at the annual Natura 2000 Awards ceremony in Brussels last night.
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Europe and Central Asia
27 Sep 2018

Autumn is here!

In the editorial of our latest monthly newsletter, BirdLife Europe & Central Asia calls on nature lovers from the Atlantic to the Adriatic to protect the migratory bird paradise of Ulcinj Salina, Montenegro.
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Europe and Central AsiaMontenegro
10 Dec 2018

Proof of life: the seabird egg that has Portuguese conservationists excited

Berlenga Island, off the West coast of Portugal, has a new inhabitant: the Band-rumped Storm-petrel. A female of this threatened species has laid an egg on the island, thanks to work by the EU-funded LIFE Berlengas...
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Europe and Central AsiaPortugal
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